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University Daily Kansan / Friday, October 3, 1986
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Sports
Underdog Salukis take businesslike approach
Quarterback Mike Orteh practices his passing during practice. The football team practiced yesterday in Anschutz Sports Pavilion, Kansas will host Southern Illinois at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at Memorial Stadium.
By ANNE LUSCOMBE
Sports writer
No pep talks or "win one for the Gipper" speeches will be heard in the Southern Illinois locker room before tomorrow's football game.
The Salukis are a businesslike team that head coach Ray Dorr says he hopes has covered every possible Kansas play situation during practice. He also says he hopes his team is not overwhelmed when it plays the Jayhawks.
"We have not faced a team with the overall speed of a Kansas team," Dorr said. "I'm also afraid that mentally we may not be as sharp as we were. We may make mistakes and we can't afford to give the Jayhawks any leeway whatsoever."
Going for the quick kill is Kansas' strategy for eliminating the competition.
"We plan to score early and take them out of the game early," Kansas senior center Paul Oswald said yesterday. "If we have the confidence, then we can beat them."
Dorr is concerned almost as much about the Kansas offense as he is the Texas defense.
And, Dorr added. "Unfortunately I think the Kansas defense will be able to stop our option plays."
"The Kansas offense is ready to explode," he said. "They have come so close to making the big plays. I think they have an offensive capable of scoring 50 or 60 points. That has me concerned."
Dorr said he did not see his Southern illinois team dominating the game in any aspect of play. It has good size for its level of competition, but the coach of the Division I-AA school said the lower division's competition was not comparable to what Kansas faces.
To add to the Salukis' misery, the team has suffered an abundance of injuries. Four starting players are out for the season, including the quarterback, and the starting punt returner's status for Saturday is questionable.
The Jayhawks have had their own injury problems, but most of the injured players have returned.
KU head coach Bob Valesente said the team has improved as the injured players returned.
The defense went back to the basics and spent time working on remaining in position. The offense has worked on improving the turnover problems that continue to threaten
the team.
"Building an offense is like building a house." Valesente said. "You add a little to it each time. Hopefully, when you're through you have a nice home."
The players said they felt confident as they finished yesterday's practice. They also said winning was foremost in their minds and the thought of losing was buried deeply.
"I feel we're going to win," John Brehm, sophomore wide receiver, said. "We've worked just too hard to come out on the empty side. We can't take them too lightly, though. We've got to go out and play hard."
Although the Saluki defense is rather basic, the Southern Illinois offense, on the other hand, could pose a problem to the Jawhawk defense.
Jamey Steinhauser, senior strong safety, said the Kansas defense could not afford to let Southern Illinois around the outside corner.
"Southern Illinois is explosive."
more so than any other team we've seen so far," Steinhauser said. "But we're looking for a win."
The Salakis run a veer option attack. The offense, which is slightly different than what the Jayhawks have encountered, features quick running backs and very good linemen, Valesente said.
This will be the first time this season Kansas has seen the option, junior linebacker Rick Bredesen said. The defense has been working on the different responsibilities of playing against the option, such as who is to cover the quarterback and who should cover the running back when he takes the pitch from the quarterback.
"From a philosophy standpoint, I would say our strongest point is in our option attack." Dorr said. "However, from a position standpoint I think it is our offensive line. Going into the season, I would have said it was our wide receivers, but
their performance hasn't been what I expected."
Dorr said both team's offenses acted like equalizers to each other. Kansas relies on the forward pass while Southern Illinois lacks a passing game, so it emphasizes a running offense.
On the defensive side, Kansas had a bad week last week, giving up 348 yards Saturday against Indiana State compared to 78 yards to Utah State the week before. Dorr said Southern Illinois, 3-2, was still rebounding from what he said was an embarrassing 31-7 loss to Eastern Illinois.
But Dorr said the size of his team might surprise Kansas. He said he hoped his players size would keep his team in the game.
"We could come out and play a perfect game and stay in the whole game," Dorr said. "Then Kansas would be able to see how much above our limits we are able to play."
The Starters
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
KU vs. Southern Illinois
Offense
W11 Ralph Wonder, Sr.
LT — 79 Rajal Dyke, Sr.
LG — 61 Rob Howell, Jr.
C — 66 Bob Grammer, Fr.
RG — 64 Chuck Wilson, Sr.
RT — 68 Dave Smith, Jr.
TE — 32 Bruce Phibbs, Sr.
RB — 2 Mel Kirksey, Sr.
RB — 27 Anthony Vaughn, Fr.
QB — 16 Pat King, Jr.
WP — 1 Sebron Spivey, S
Defense
Defense
annon Ferbrache, Fr
DE — 55 Shannon Ferbache, NG — 96 Brad Crouse, So.
DE — 72 Jim White, Sr.
LB — 47 Jimmy Burnette, Sr.
LB — 15 Rick Spielman, Sr.
LB — 50 John Edwards, Sr.
LB — 44 Ron Kirk, Fr.
CB — 37 Willie Davis, Fr.
SS — 12 Charles Bell, Jr.
FS — 11 Ron Page, Sr.
CB — 8 Ira Davis, Jr.
**Specialists**
PK — 3 Ron Miller, Sr.
P — 12 Drew Morrison, Sr;
32 Bruce Phibbs, Sr.
KANSAS
Offense
WR — 1 Willie Vaughn, So.
LT — 70 Jim Davis, Jr.
LG — 88 Jay Allen, So.
C — 54 Paul Dawal, Sr.
RG — 63 Steve Nave, Sr.
RT — 76 Bill Hundel, Fr.
TE — 84 Mark Parks, Jr.
RB — 24 Mike Rogers, Jr.
RB — 22 Arnold Snell, So.
OB — 15 Mike Orth, Jr.
WR — 34 Ronnie Caldwell, Jr.
**Defense**
LE — 91 Phil Forte, Sr.
LT — 90 Eldridge Avery, Sr.
RT — 97 David White, Jr.
RE — 52 Scott Carlson, So.
LB — 49 John Randolph, Sb.
LR — 25 Rick Bradesen, Sb.
LM — 39 Stacy Henson, Jr.
CB — 31 Mike Fisher, Jr.
FS — 18 Wayne Ziegler, Ss.
SS — 23 Jamey Steinhauser, Sr.
CB — 16 M garner, Jr.
**Specialists**
PK — 12 Mac Smith, Fr.
P — 48 Rich Riehl, Jr.
S — 58 Rob Foster, So.
Game Time
The Records
Kick off is set for 11:30 a.m. at Memorial Stadium. The game will be broadcast on the 30-station radio network. The local stations carrying the game are KJHK in Lawrence, KMZB in Kansas City, KLWN in Lawrence and WREN in Topeka. The game will be in the Raycom Big Eight Game of the Week and be televised on channels 9 and 27.
Kansas is 2-1 after its 20-6 victory over Indiana State.
Southern Illinois is 3-2 after defeating Youngstown State 24-17 last week. The Salukis have lost to Arkansas State 22-7 and Eastern Illinois 31-7. They have beaten Austin Peey 24-17 and Murray State 31-0.
The Series
This will be the first time Kansas and Southern Illinois have met in football.
The Coaches
Southern Illinois head coach Ray Dorr is in his third season at the school. His record is 10-17. Before becoming the Salukis head coach, Dorr was the quarterback coach at Washington for eight years. During that time the Huskies went to four bowls, including two Rose Bowl victories.
Kansas head coach Bob Valeente is in his third season at Kansas, but his first as head coach. This is Valeente's first season as a head coach after 21 seasons as an assistant.
Who Are The Salukis?
Southern Illinois is a member of the Gateway Conference. The Salukis finished 4-7 overall last season and in third place in the conference with a 2-3 record.
Injury Update
Southern Illinois: Quarterback Kevin Brown, dislocated shoulder, running back Byron Mitchell, knee, strong safety John Field, foot, and cornerback Willie Davis, shoulder, are out for the season. Kansas: Wide receiver Rodney Harris, stress fracture in right foot, is out for the game. Place kicker Chase Van Dyne, back injury is questionable.
Women's athletics gets corporate aid
By NICOLE SAUZEK
Sports writer
Weight Watchers of Kansas City, Kan. has become the first corporate sponsor of women's athletics at KU. An agreement was announced this week for a one-year plan, with tentative plans for a long-term arrangement.
Several thousand dollars were donated by Weight Watchers to promote, publicize and sponsor special events during women's athletic events, said Kent Weiser, director of marketing and women's golf head coach.
Weiser got the idea after he learned that a Weight Watchers branch in
— Karla Campbell executive assistant with Weight Watchers
'KU's women's athletics needed something to help give them publicity and it gave us a chance to maybe make more people aware of their health by putting our name on posters and by sponsoring special events.'
"I decided to come back and see what could be done here," Weiser said. "I went to Weight Watchers and talked to them about it. It ended up with the entire women's athletics having its first corporate sponsor ever."
Arizona was sponsoring a golf tournament.
Before, special promotions for women's athletics were done by the Kansas Union and area pizza retailers. But, it wasn't a full-scale program.
"we don't want to make it seem that we didn't appreciate their help," he said. "We did. We appreciated the bits and pieces they've given us."
program needed to help get more fans involved.
The council concluded that fun above and beyond the normal athletic event was needed along with lots of publicity.
"I think this plan will do both programs some good," said Karla Campbell, executive assistant with Weight Watchers. "KU's women's athletics needed something to help give them publicity and it gave us a chance to maybe make more people aware of their health by putting our name on posters and by sponsoring special events."
"But, now we want to try and go higher and farther than we've done in the past."
Team posters and schedules for the volleyball team have been printed and are being distributed.
"i personally appreciate what they're doing," said Frankie Albitz, volleyball head coach. "It's nice to have a schedule posted where people can see it."
Plans also are underway for special events, such as a beach party scheduled for Oct. 28 during the volleyball game against Missouri.
Attendance at major women's events has not been as outstanding in the past few years as desired by the athletic department, coaches and teams.
Weiser went to the Student Sports Council and asked what the women's
"We've been getting close to 250 fans at our games," Albitz said. "But, it's been getting better later. The new publicity is helping a lot."
"We're going to be giving away close to 600 pairs of sunglasses." Weiser said. "Hopefully, it will draw some students to the game."
Though Weiser and Weight Watchers won't disclose the exact amount of support in dollar figures, both agree that the money will be spent on letting people know when women's athletic events are happening.
"Special promotions will get people to the games," Weiser said. "Then, we're hoping they're going to have some fun and are going to come back."
This year, Weight Watchers and Weiser are aiming at getting about 2,000 fans at volleyball and basketball games — the top two women's spectator sports.
"Every dime will be spent on doing things right for the women's program." Weiser said. "We're going to let people know that there's always going to be something going on and to learn to expect something exciting and fun all the time."
Tom Tharton/KANSAM
work groupa, a worker in housing maintenance, makes use of the weight room in Robinson Center. She said her workout yesterday was one of three workouts she tried to get in each week.
Working out
USFL's trial request denied
United Press International
NEW YORK — A federal judge yesterday denied the United States Football League's request for a new trial to reconsider its $1 award in its multimillion dollar antitrust suit against the National Football League.
In his 44-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Peter Leisure also denied the NFL's request for a judgment overturning the jury's finding that the older league monopolized professional football.
Leisure ruled that statements made to reporters by some jurors after they reached their verdict could not be considered evidence as the USFL argued. The USFL contended after the 10-week trial that the jury confused the instructions on how to compute damages in the complex antitrust case
The judge also rejected the USFL's arguments that the six jurors拒绝 inconsistent verdicts on the nine antitrust and common law charges and improperly compromised on the $1 award. As required by antitrust law, the award is tripled for a total of $3 in damages.
Although not immediately available for comment, USFL Commissioner Harry Usher said Wednesday after the leagues presented oral arguments before Leisure in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that if the USFL's request for a new trial was denied, it would appeal the ruling.
However, Usher said the 4-year-old league would pursue its efforts to obtain non-monetary relief in Leisure's court before appealing the damages. The USFL has asked the judge to invalidate one or more of the NFL's contracts with the three television
networks on the grounds that the NFL's existing arrangements prevent competing leagues from getting nationwide exposure.
The USFL, which suspended operations for a year after the verdict was announced, had been seeking between $301 million and $655 million.
In his discussion of the USFL's argument that the jury had been inconsistent. Leisure cited a "jury's right to an idiosyncratic position." He added, "That right can and should be exercised by jurors without fear that their faithful efforts will be disregarded by courts eager to impose their own version of justice."
With respect to the specific comments of one juror, Miriam Sanchez, who told reporters she agreed to the $1 award because she thought it would enable the judge to award a higher amount, Leisure cited Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b).
Sports writer
Team looks past meet at O-State
Bv BRIAN SNYDER
Even though the KU men's cross country team will compete Sunday in the Oklahoma State Jamboree, the Jayhawks have their eyes on a meet further down the road.
"We're not training for the OSU meet," men's head track coach Bob Timmons said yesterday "We've been training for the conference meet all year. This meet will give us
Men's cross country
a feeling of where we are in comparison to other conference teams
The Big Eight Conference Championships are Nov. 2 in Manhattan
Sophomores Matt Mellor and Craig Watkee agreed with Timmons. The two runners said they had not been running any less during practice for the 10,000-meter race in Stillwater, Okla. If anything, the team is increasing its work.
Mellor added that the team would train hard through the next two meets and then taper down for the conference meet.
"We've been working extra hard all week." Watchee said Wednesday. "We will get to see some other Big eight schools there and be able to see where we're sitting in comparison."
Timmons said the course at Stillwater was flat and the times should be fast.
"There is a big gully which the runners have to cross a couple of times, though," he said.
It has been raining in Stillwater all week. Cattle travel across part of the course, and the deep holes that may form there could cause problems for the runners, Timmons said.
Runners become conservative when running in wet conditions and passing runners is difficult, Mellor said.
Watchek said running on wet turf put more pressure on the sixth and seventh place team members. If a teammate slips, other team members must be in a position to fill the fallen runner's place.
"I've seen guys slip at the end of a race and lose places," Mellor said. "The rain doesn't change your race plan, though."
Joining Mellor and Watcke in Stillwater are senior Gerald Harder; junior Gordon Way; sophomores Jon Joslin, Dan Schneider, Doug Slifa and Mike Spielman; and freshman Steve Heffernan.